“I’m really not sure why I was selected…but I thank all my followers,” he said in a video at Hoops Hype. “I really didn’t think I was going to get it since every time I tweet in English, everyone complains, the Spanish-speakers. And when I Tweet in Spanish, my American followers say, ‘We can’t understand you.’ So I really didn’t think anyone could understand me.”

That Ginobili, who boasts 2.35 million followers, would take so well to Twitter is hardly a surprise. In addition to being naturally outgoing and curious, Ginobili loves technology. (He cited his favorite follow as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of the science documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.)

“I love everything new, anything that looks like it will change things,” he said. “I was very excited and I saw a lot of potential in the social network. It’s a very positive way to stay in touch with fans and reading news and be connected.”

As for Tim Duncan or Gregg Popovich ever joining him? “I have no chance of convincing them.”